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Oracle Interview with John Harrigan

Over a year ago, John Harrigan met his friend David Blank in the basement of Treadwell's Book Shop, having just completed his thirteen-month residency at the Horse Hospital, where he wrote, directed and performed in the 'Dark Nights of the Soul' Anthology of rituals; a powerful and emotional journey for everyone involved.

The interview, which explores John's approach to magick, weaponized art and society, and also discusses his views on archetypes, retroactive magick and time was published in David's Oracle Occult magazine in Issue 8: Blue Moon 2007.

David has kindly given us a PDF of the interview in its entirety, so is now available for download on FP.com.

Thank you to David once again for transcribing this incredible interview. No-one else could have produced such a close piece which captures the true essence of the Dark Nights Anthology.

You can keep updated on the latest issues of The Oracle Occult Magazine at: www.oracleoccult.com and www.myspace.com/oracleoccultmagazine

"Time becomes this big sheet, this landscape, that you exist within that is not linear and as you go further into that landscape it gets more complicated to explain what you are...Time to me is absolutely non-linear and things are happening now that are effecting my past that don't go through you as a creation, as a person, it's literally happening then and it effects you straight away in the future...We did a lot of work in Dark Nights, in cycle three, with a future-selves working, which is where we take people through a magickal ritual to experience, to meet, themselves in the future and this future self would talk to that person and give set information." John Harrigan, The Oracle Occult Magazine

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The Ten Towers have been constructed.

The Ten Towers was a ritual designed to pay respect and thanks to the community that has been generous in its support of my art.

Originally I had planned to complete the Ten Towers by August last year but I was unable to do this due to the various shifts in time.

Tonight Tower Ten was completed. All of the Towers have now been constructed and delivered to the men and women who were originally invited to take part in this audio ritual. You can listen to the first three recorded Towers below the projects section on this page.

The final seven Towers remain to be recorded and it's possible you may never get to hear them all for various reasons. The ten gates (Private facts provided by participants) which were used to help me create the Towers are personal and it may be the case that participants wish to keep their Tower to themselves.

They are entirely welcome to do this is if they wish and I would completely understand their reasons.

When further Towers are recorded they will be uploaded.

Fifty Percent Grey

Short film by Ruairi Robinson the proposed director of the new live action version of the seminal masterpiece Akira, which is set to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Wrong Radio Station

Hatch 23: the occult series of 'Lost'

We found this article through Technoccult about retroactive magic threaded through 'Lost'. As you probably know retroactive magic is a an instrument we use widely in our rituals, so its very interesting to see how others perceive and use this:

In “Confirmed Dead” we learn that John would have died when Ben shot him in the back if he’d still had his kidney. This sounds a lot like “retroactive magic.” Retroactive magic is either the most cutting edge arena of modern magical practice or the most self-delusional (or both). According to Edward Wilson: “Retroactivity is the idea that actions taken in the present or the future can affect the past and therefore the affect can proceed the cause… It creates of causation an Ouroborus or Mobius strip.” In other words an occulist can alter the past as well as the future.

Telemagica

FP recommends Telemagica , it looks to be a truly incredible event.

We were invited to perform but due to everything that we're currently working on, were unable to attend. We hope to perform at '09 Telemagica but if you can make it this year then tickets are now available from telemagica.com.

Professor Sentenced for Providing Bacteria for Art - New York Times

Link: Professor Sentenced for Providing Bacteria for Art - New York Times.

Dr. Robert Ferrell, a University of Pittsburgh geneticist, has been sentenced to a year of unsupervised release and fined $500 for providing Steven Kurtz, an artist friend, with bacteria to use in his biotech-theme artwork, The Associated Press reported. Dr. Ferrell pleaded guilty in October to a misdemeanor count of “mailing an injurious article.” Mr. Kurtz, a member of the faculty of the University at Buffalo, faces trial on federal mail and wire-fraud charges. Prosecutors say Dr. Ferrell sent away for the relatively harmless bacteria for Mr. Kurtz because he could not have obtained it on his own. His defenders maintain that Mr. Kurtz was merely trying to provoke discussion through art and that government prosecution stifles debate. The case began as an antiterrorism investigation after the police saw laboratory equipment in Mr. Kurtz’s home after the death of his wife, but suspicions of terrorism were swiftly ruled out.

Neurophilosophy : Trepanation film clip

Link: Neurophilosophy : Trepanation film clip.

Notes From The Underground: Want to share your psychosis & have thousands see your work?

Link: Notes From The Underground: Want to share your psychosis & have thousands see your work?.

We are excited to announce that we just completed two audio trailers for the Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning project: one 30 second and one 60 second. Originally we intended to produce a video ourselves before running it all over the net, but we thought it might be more exciting (and surprising) to offer it up to the public for you budding videographers, film students, drug fiends, cut-up artists, etc. If you win you will be included in an ongoing viral campaign, you will receive a signed 1st and 2nd edition of the book, and we will line up an interview with you about your work to run in the G-Spot. Your work can be animation, video, or any mixture of the two, and may be produced using whatever software / hardware you choose.

Within the contest media packet (.RAR - right click and save as or it will crash Firefox) you will find full details for this contest. Your submissions must be in by March 31, 2008.